This is an incomplete list of places, lands, and countries mentioned in the Bible. Some places may be listed twice, under two different names. Only places having their own
Wikipedia articles are included: see also the
list of minor biblical places for locations which do not have their own Wikipedia article.
A
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Absalom's Monument
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Achaia
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Ai
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Akko
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Akkad Akkad may refer to:
*Akkad (city), the capital of the Akkadian Empire
*Akkadian Empire, the first ancient empire of Mesopotamia
*Akkad SC, Iraqi football club
People with the name
*Abbas el-Akkad, Egyptian writer
*Abdulrahman Akkad, Syrian LGBT act ...
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Mesopotamian
Mesopotamia ''Mesopotamíā''; ar, بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن or ; syc, ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the F ...
state
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Ammon –
Canaanite state
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Attalia – In
Asia Minor
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Antioch – In
Asia Minor
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Arabia – (in biblical times and until the 7th century AD Arabia was confined to the
Arabian Peninsula
The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate ...
)
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Aram/
Aramea – (Modern
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
)
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Arbela (Erbil/Irbil) –
Assyrian city
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Archevite
* Ariel
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Armenia –
Indo-European kingdom of eastern
Asia Minor and southern
Caucasus.
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Arrapkha
Arrapha or Arrapkha (Akkadian: ''Arrapḫa''; ar, أررابخا ,عرفة) was an ancient city in what today is northeastern Iraq, thought to be on the site of the modern city of Kirkuk.
In 1948, ''Arrapha'' became the name of the residential ...
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Assyrian City, modern
Kirkuk
Kirkuk ( ar, كركوك, ku, کەرکووک, translit=Kerkûk, , tr, Kerkük) is a city in Iraq, serving as the capital of the Kirkuk Governorate, located north of Baghdad. The city is home to a diverse population of Turkmens, Arabs, Kurds, ...
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Ashdod
Ashdod ( he, ''ʾašdōḏ''; ar, أسدود or إسدود ''ʾisdūd'' or '' ʾasdūd'' ; Philistine: 𐤀𐤔𐤃𐤃 *''ʾašdūd'') is the sixth-largest city in Israel. Located in the country's Southern District, it lies on the Mediterran ...
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Ashkelon
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Ashur Ashur, Assur, or Asur may refer to:
Places
* Assur, an Assyrian city and first capital of ancient Assyria
* Ashur, Iran, a village in Iran
* Asur, Thanjavur district, a village in the Kumbakonam taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India
* Assu ...
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Asshur Ashur, Assur, or Asur may refer to:
Places
* Assur, an Assyrian city and first capital of ancient Assyria
* Ashur, Iran, a village in Iran
* Asur, Thanjavur district, a village in the Kumbakonam taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India
* Ass ...
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Assur – Capital city of
Assyria
*
Assyria –
Mesopotamian
Mesopotamia ''Mesopotamíā''; ar, بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن or ; syc, ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the F ...
Semitic state
B
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Baal-hazor –
Canaanite city
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Babel
Babel is a name used in the Hebrew Bible for the city of Babylon and may refer to:
Arts and media Written works Books
*Babel (book), ''Babel'' (book), by Patti Smith
* Babel (2012 manga), ''Babel'' (2012 manga), by Narumi Shigematsu
* Babel (20 ...
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Babylon
''Bābili(m)''
* sux, 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠
* arc, 𐡁𐡁𐡋 ''Bāḇel''
* syc, ܒܒܠ ''Bāḇel''
* grc-gre, Βαβυλών ''Babylṓn''
* he, בָּבֶל ''Bāvel''
* peo, 𐎲𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎽𐎢 ''Bābiru''
* elx, 𒀸𒁀𒉿𒇷 ''Babi ...
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Babylonia
Babylonia (; Akkadian: , ''māt Akkadī'') was an ancient Akkadian-speaking state and cultural area based in the city of Babylon in central-southern Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq and parts of Syria). It emerged as an Amorite-ruled state c. ...
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Mesopotamian
Mesopotamia ''Mesopotamíā''; ar, بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن or ; syc, ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the F ...
state
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Beer-Sheba
Beersheba or Beer Sheva, officially Be'er-Sheva ( he, בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע, ''Bəʾēr Ševaʿ'', ; ar, بئر السبع, Biʾr as-Sabʿ, Well of the Oath or Well of the Seven), is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel ...
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Beit El
Beit El or Beth El ( he, בֵּית אֵל) is an Israeli settlement and local council located in the Binyamin Region of the West Bank. The Orthodox Jewish town was settled in 1977-78 by the ultranationalist group Gush Emunim. It is located in ...
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Beirut
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Berea Berea may refer to:
Places Greece
* Beroea, a place mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles, now known as Veria or Veroia
Lesotho
* Berea District
Romania
* Berea, a village in Ciumești Commune, Satu Mare County
* Berea, a tributary of the Va ...
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Beth-Anath Beth-Anath was mentioned in the Bible as "one of the fenced cities that fell to the lot of Naphtali (), and from which the Canaanites were not driven out ()." W.L.A., in Kitto, 1862, p344/ref>
Early history
Among the place names found in a list of ...
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Bethany
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Bethel
Bethel ( he, בֵּית אֵל, translit=Bēṯ 'Ēl, "House of El" or "House of God",Bleeker and Widegren, 1988, p. 257. also transliterated ''Beth El'', ''Beth-El'', ''Beit El''; el, Βαιθήλ; la, Bethel) was an ancient Israelite sanct ...
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Bethharan Bethharan, Betharan or Beth Haran (for he, בית הרן), also Betharam or Beth-Aram (for Hebrew ; no linguistic relation to ''Aram (biblical region), Aram''), was a Hebrew Bible city, in the valley-plain east of the Jordan River. In the Book of J ...
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Bethlehem
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Bethsaida
Bethsaida (; from gr, Βηθσαϊδά from Hebrew/Aramaic ''beth-tsaida'', lit. " house of hunting" from the Hebrew root ; ar, بيت صيدا), also known as Julias, is a place mentioned in the New Testament. Julias lay in an administrative d ...
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Beth Shemesh Beth Shemesh (''House of the Sun'') is the name of three distinct biblical places in Israel and one location in Egypt also mentioned in the Hebrew Bible:
*a city in southwest Judah, remains excavated next to modern Beit Shemesh
*a city in northern ...
in Judah (distinct from those in Naphtali and Issachar)
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Bochim Bochim (also spelled Bokim) is a place mentioned in the biblical Book of Judges, situated west of the River Jordan. Its name means 'weepers'.
Biblical usage
Bochim appears in only one section of Judges (in verses 1 and 5 of chapter 2). In the narra ...
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Byblos –
Phoenician state
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Beersheba
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Betshean
C
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Cabul
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Calah/
Kalhu/
Nimrud –
Assyrian city
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Calneh
Calneh () was a city founded by Nimrod, mentioned twice in the Hebrew Bible (). –
Assyrian city
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Cana – Galilee
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Canaan – Region on the Eastern shore of the Mediterranean
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Capernaum
* Cappadocia – Region in
Asia Minor
* Carchemish –
Assyrian city
* Caria – Nation in
Asia Minor
* Cenchrea
* Chezib of Judah
* Chorazin
* Cilicia – Nation in
Asia Minor
* Crete, Greece, Greek island
* Commagene – Nation in
Asia Minor
* Corduene – Nation in central
Asia Minor, homeland of the Kurds
* Corinth, City in Greece
* Kingdom of Kush, Cush – African state
* Chaldea –
Mesopotamian
Mesopotamia ''Mesopotamíā''; ar, بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن or ; syc, ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the F ...
state, eventually encompassing Babylonia
*Cyprus
D
*Damascus
E
* Ebla – East Semitic state in northern Syria
* Edom –Ancient kingdom in Transjordan in the Bible, Transjordan
* Egypt
* Ekron
* Elam – ''Pre-Iranic'' Nation in Ancient Iran
* Elim (Bible), Elim
* Emmaus
* List of minor biblical places#En-hakkore, En-hakkore
* En Gedi
* Ephesus, Ephesia/Ephesus – Greek city in
Asia Minor
* Eridu –
Mesopotamian
Mesopotamia ''Mesopotamíā''; ar, بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن or ; syc, ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the F ...
city
* Eritrea- Erythraean Sea Ancient name for Red Sea and surrounding region
* Eshcol
* Eshnunna –
Mesopotamian
Mesopotamia ''Mesopotamíā''; ar, بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن or ; syc, ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the F ...
city state
* Ethiopia
* Etham
G
* Gabbatha
* Galilee
* Garden of Eden
* Gath (city), Gath
*Gaul – modern France
* Gaza City, Gaza
* History of Georgia (country), Georgia
* Gethsemane
* Gibeon (ancient city), Gibeon
* Gilead
* Golgotha
* Sodom and Gomorrah, Gomorrah
* Land of Goshen, Goshen
* Mediterranean Sea, Great Sea – Mediterranean Sea in the Bible
* Ancient Greece, Greece
* Gutium – state in Iran
H
* Heaven
* Haran (biblical place), Haran
* Harran –
Assyrian City
* Hattusa – Capital of Hittite Empire in
Asia Minor
* Hattusa, Hatti – Nation in
Asia Minor
* Havilah
* Hazazon Tamar (also Hazazon-tamar or Hatzatzon-Tamar) – Ein Gedi
* Hebron
* Helam
* Hell
* Mount Gaash, Hill of Gash
* Hurri Nation – Nation in
Asia Minor
I
* Israel
*Imgur-Enlil –
Assyrian City
* India – Esther 1:1
J
* Jabbok
* Jaffa
* Jarmuth (Yarmut)
* Jerash (Gerasa)
* Jeshanah
* Jericho
* Jerusalem
* Jordan River
* Kingdom of Judah, Judah
* Judea
K
* Kabzeel
* Kadesh-Barnea
* Kaskians, Kaska – Nation in
Asia Minor
* Kassite state – in Iran
* Keilah
* Kiriath-Jearim – City in Gibeon
* Kish (Sumer), Kish –
Mesopotamian
Mesopotamia ''Mesopotamíā''; ar, بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن or ; syc, ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the F ...
City State
* Kingdom of Kush, Kush/Cush (Bible), Cush – in northeast Africa
L
* Lachish
* Dan (biblical city), Laish
* Laodicea on the Lycus, Laodicea
* Larsa –
Mesopotamian
Mesopotamia ''Mesopotamíā''; ar, بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن or ; syc, ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the F ...
city
* Lebanon
* Lehi (Bible), Lehi
* Lycia – Nation in
Asia Minor
* Lydia – Nation in
Asia Minor
* Lystra
M
* Machpela
*Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedonia – current North Macedonia
* Magan (civilization), Magan – ''Pre-Arab'' state in Oman
*Maltese archipelago, Maltese Archipelago
* Mamre Plain
* Mannea – Nation in Iran
* Marah (Bible), Marah
* Mari, Syria, Mari – Assyrian city
* Mareshah
* Median Empire, Media – Nation in Iran
* Tel Megiddo, Megiddo
* Meluhha – ''Pre-Arab'' state in the Arabian Peninsula
* Memphis, Egypt, Memphis
* Mesopotamia – Includes the kingdoms of Sumer, Akkadian Empire, Akkad,
Assyria,
Babylonia
Babylonia (; Akkadian: , ''māt Akkadī'') was an ancient Akkadian-speaking state and cultural area based in the city of Babylon in central-southern Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq and parts of Syria). It emerged as an Amorite-ruled state c. ...
, Chaldea, and the neo Assyrian states of Adiabene, Osroene and Hatra.
* Midian
* Moab – Cannanite state
* Mount Carmel
* Mount Ephraim
* Mount Hermon
* Mount Nebo (Jordan), Mount Nebo
* Mount of Olives
* Mount Sinai
* Mount Tabor
* Battle of Mount Zemaraim, Mount Zemaraim
* Mount Zion
* Mysia – state in Asia Minor
N
* Aram-Naharaim, Nahor
* Nahrain (Mesopotamia)
* Nazareth
*
Nimrud – later name for the Assyrian city of
Kalhu/
Calah
* Nineveh – Capital of
Assyria
*Nile – river in northeastern Africa
* Land of Nod, Nod
O
* Ono, Benjamin, Ono
* Ophir
* Opis –
Mesopotamian
Mesopotamia ''Mesopotamíā''; ar, بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن or ; syc, ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the F ...
/
Babylonia
Babylonia (; Akkadian: , ''māt Akkadī'') was an ancient Akkadian-speaking state and cultural area based in the city of Babylon in central-southern Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq and parts of Syria). It emerged as an Amorite-ruled state c. ...
n City (Jachel Dumitru Narcis gr 3)
* Osroene – Neo-Assyrian state
P
* Palestine (region), Palestine
* Palmyra – Aramean state in Syria
* Desert of Paran, Paran
* Parthia – Nation in Iran
* Penuel
* Perga – Town In
Asia Minor
* Persia – Nation in Iran
* Petra
* Philistia – Original name of Palestine
* Phrygia – Nation in
Asia Minor
* Phut
*
Phoenicia
* Pithom
* Land of Punt, Punt
* Puqudu, as "Pekod"
* Patmos
R
* Lehi (Bible), Ramathlehi
* Rapiqum – Assyrian City
* Rehoboth (Bible)
* Rephidim
*Roman Empire – Rome
S
* Samaria – Nation of the Samaritans
* Sardis
* Scythia – Nation in
Asia Minor
* Salem (Bible), Shalem
* Sheba – ''Pre-Arab'' state in Yemen
* Shechem
* Sheol
* Shiloh (biblical city), Shiloh
* Shinar –
Mesopotamian
Mesopotamia ''Mesopotamíā''; ar, بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن or ; syc, ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the F ...
city
* Shomron
* Shubat-Enlil – Assyrian city
* Shur (Bible), also Sur (wilderness of ~, way of ~)
* Sidon
* Wilderness of Sin, Sin Desert
* Sinai Peninsula, Sinai
* Smyrna
* Sodom and Gomorrah, Sodom
* Spain – Romans 15.24
* Sumer/Sumeria –
Mesopotamian
Mesopotamia ''Mesopotamíā''; ar, بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن or ; syc, ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the F ...
state and region
*
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
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Aramea
T
* Tabal – Georgian people, Georgian state in Asia Minor
* Tarshish
* Tel Dan
* Til Barsip, Til-barsip – Assyrian city
* Timnath-serah
* Timnath (Philistine city), Timnath
* Trachonitis
* Tushhan – Assyrian city
* Tyre, Lebanon, Tyre
U
* Ugarit – Amorite state
* Umma –
Mesopotamian
Mesopotamia ''Mesopotamíā''; ar, بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن or ; syc, ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the F ...
state and city
* Ur of the Chaldees, Ur –
Mesopotamian
Mesopotamia ''Mesopotamíā''; ar, بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن or ; syc, ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the F ...
state and city
* Urartu – Hurrian state in the
Caucasus
* Urkesh, Urkish –
Mesopotamian
Mesopotamia ''Mesopotamíā''; ar, بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن or ; syc, ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the F ...
state and city
* Uruk –
Mesopotamian
Mesopotamia ''Mesopotamíā''; ar, بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن or ; syc, ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the F ...
state and city
* The Land of Uz
V
* Via Dolorosa
X
Xaloth – the biblical Chesulloth (now Iksal)
Y
* Yarmut: see Jarmuth
Z
* Zaanan
* Zair
* Zalmonah
* Zanoah
* Zareah
* Zartanah
* Zelah, Judea (Zelahzaliya){{clarify, Why are these two names equivalent to each other?, date=February 2022
* Zelzah (biblical place), Zelzah
* Zemaraim
* Zephi
* Zeredathah
* Zorah
* Zion
* Zoba
See also
* List of biblical names
* List of Hebrew place names
* List of modern names for biblical place names
* Cities in the Book of Joshua
Biblical places,
Bible-related lists, Places